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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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I dont know what the hell is wrong! When I have my AC on for like 15-20min at a time the passenger side floor just gets flooded with liquid. I checked and it seems like its coming from a hose or something right behind the center counsel. Anyone know whats wrong?
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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Is the liquid clear (water) or green (freon)?
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 01:59 AM
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Well, then sounds like it's not the heater core (which would be leaking coolant)

There's an 'evaporator drain tube' that can get clogged/blocked and cause water to leak into the passenger compartment. The AC evaporator core could need replacing, but a clogged drain tube is more common, not to mention easier/cheaper to fix! Or if the tube is damaged/leaking instead of just clogged, might have to replace that.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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Mine just happened today. After reading 2 different threads, i believe I solved my clogged weephole.

Froma under the car, the weephole is between the framerail and the cat (pAss. side, obviously). The hole is the size of a #2 pencil (as described by someone here than helped).

You will see it as you're looking up between the frame and the cat, it's part of the black box. I just slowly poked it my finger, and she poured...

Aria
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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The ac evap drain is plugged,put some high pressure air should be fine
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 06:08 AM
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What Marine said. Find your drain hose, use a air tank and nozzle and blow some air up through it to dislodge the algae plugging it up. Should solve your problem.
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